States and conditions

Synonyms for mangy

The synonym for mangy recorded in this bank is mangey, in the sense "having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for mangy

mangeyadjective, in the sense "having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap"

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The senseadjectiveTier 5, SummitStates and conditions

having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap

A mangy old fur coat.

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The true synonym

mangey

Same sentence, swapped: A mangey old fur coat.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

scurvy
abject
odious

Where mangy turns up in the game

mangy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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